title: Cross-sensory reference frame transfer in spatial memory: the case of proprioceptive learning.
abstract: In three experiments, we investigated whether the information available to visual perception prior to encoding the locations of objects in a path through proprioception would influence the reference direction from which the spatial memory was formed. Participants walked a path whose orientation was misaligned to the walls of the enclosing room and to the square sheet that covered the path prior to learning (Exp. 1) and, in addition, to the intrinsic structure of a layout studied visually prior to walking the path and to the orientation of stripes drawn on the floor (Exps. 2 and 3). Despite the availability of prior visual information, participants constructed spatial memories that were aligned with the canonical axes of the path, as opposed to the reference directions primed by visual experience. The results are discussed in the context of previous studies documenting transfer of reference frames within and across perceptual modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus, mariosav@ucy.ac.cy.
authors.forename: Marios N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Avraamides
authors.forename: Mikaella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarrou
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D065852:Spatial Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D014163:Transfer, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*